Is my graphics card digital?

I am justinstalling a new LCD monitor which has alternative inputs for analogue and digital graphics cards. How can I tell which type of graphics car I have?

Gerald (ignorant as always)

To connect digitally your graphics card would need a DVI (digital video interface) output. If your card only has an ouput that looks like this:
http://www.cablestogo.com/images/connectors/HD15F.jpg
then it is an analog (svga) output. A DVI output would look something like this (there's a couple variations):
http://www.ati.com/support/connector...iconnector.gif
or
http://www.ati.com/support/connector...dconnector.gif

Looks as if mine is analogue. Although, apart from the small multi pin socket you have kindly illustrated, it has a round plug hole. I suspect that is just an alternative to the other - or might it be a TV output socket, or an svideo output. If so, I presume that this would not help my new screen (which, using the analogue, is miles better than my old monitor!!0

Thanks for the comments

Gerald

:)

Although using DVI is an improvement over analogue, from everything I've seen it's not worth buying a new graphics card just for the digital output alone.

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Originally posted by GeraldXX
.... has a round plug hole. I suspect that is just an alternative to the other - or might it be a TV output socket, or an svideo output... :)

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That sounds like a S-Video out.

Agree with Falcon, it's S-video out.